Chapter 6 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 06 is here in full — 349 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VI
Chapter 6 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 06 is here in full — 349 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BOMELIO. Go, buy us some victuals, and hie thee home. [_Exit_. LENTULO. Now, farewell, master mine, good gentle master mome.
Chapter 6 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 06 is here in full — 349 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading “Go, buy us some victuals, and hie thee home.”
an opening that permits escape or release
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading “Now, farewell, master mine, good gentle master mome.”
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading “Now, farewell, master mine, good gentle master mome.”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “Go, buy us some victuals, and hie thee home.”
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading “Now, farewell, master mine, good gentle master mome.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Now, farewell, master mine, good gentle master mome.”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “Go, buy us some victuals, and hie thee home.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Go, buy us some victuals, and hie thee home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BOMELIO.
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading Go, buy us some victuals, and hie thee home.
an opening that permits escape or release
From this reading [_Exit_.
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading Now, farewell, master mine, good gentle master mome.
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading Now, farewell, master mine, good gentle master mome.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Go, buy us some victuals, and hie thee home.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Now, farewell, master mine, good gentle master mome.
move hurridly
From this reading Go, buy us some victuals, and hie thee home.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Go, buy us some victuals, and hie thee home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LENTULO.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading Now, farewell, master mine, good gentle master mome.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Now, farewell, master mine, good gentle master mome.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now, farewell, master mine, good gentle master mome.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now, farewell, master mine, good gentle master mome.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Go, buy us some victuals, and hie thee home.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Go, buy us some victuals, and hie thee home.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Go, buy us some victuals, and hie thee home.
a stock or supply of foods
From this reading Go, buy us some victuals, and hie thee home.
Chapter 6 of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 06 by Robert [Compiler] Dodsley holds 349 sentences, grouped into 70 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 6 holds 349 sentences of A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 06, unabridged, divided into 70 reading sections.
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